The Humbling: Al Pacino's 'most honest' performance in years

Al Pacino plays a washed up actor having an affair with a younger woman in The Humbling.

The new dramedy from Rain Man and Good Morning, Vietnam director, Barry Levinson, follows the unravelling of stage-and-screen star Simon Axler, who loses his grip on reality and falls in love with a "reformed lesbian" (played by Frances Ha actress Greta Gerwig).

The Humbling, which made its North American premiere at TIFF last September, is based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth, also stars Kyra Sedgwick, Dianne Wiest, Charles Grodin, and Mandy Patinkin.

Pacino fans who exalt the actor for his performances in classics like The Godfather trilogy and Scarface may be relieved to see that the affectations of his more roles (like in Scent of a Woman and Righteous Kill) are absent from this portrait.

This movie "rescued Al Pacino from becoming a parody of himself,' says CBC film critic Eli Glasner. "It's one of the most honest performances we've seen from Pacino in years."

The Humbling is in theatres this weekend.

Watch Eli's full review in the video above.

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